Captured by a Vision at the 4 Corners Festival – New Post on Slugger O’Toole

NewellSTPatI have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘Captured by a Vision at the 4 Corners Festival,’ based on the Rev Ken Newell’s reading from his memoirs. Read more...

The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants — Book Review: New Post on Slugger O’Toole

contested identitiesI have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, ‘The Contested Identities of Ulster Protestants,’ edited by Burgess and Mulvenna, a book review.Read more...

Religion in Scotland Conference in Belfast, 28-29 May

srcn logoThe Scottish Religious Cultures Network will host a conference in Belfast on ‘Religion in Scotland: At Home and Abroad,’ 28-29 May at Queen’s University.

The conference features a range of keynote addresses and panels by academics from a variety of … Read more...

International Women’s Day: Two New Posts on Slugger O’Toole

womens logoTo mark International Women’s Day, I’ve contributed two new posts on the Slugger O’Toole blog:

What do Evangelical Women have to say about Reconciliation? 

Review of Mary T. Malone’s: ‘The Elephant in the Church: A Woman’s Tract for our Times’Read more...

Scottish Religious Cultures Network Conference 28-29 May at Queen’s

srcn logoThe Scottish Religious Cultures Network will host a conference on ‘Scotland’s Religious Traditions at Home and Abroad,’ 28–29 May 2015 at Queen’s University Belfast. The conference also will include an emphasis on religion in Ulster.

The conference is open to … Read more...

Evangelical Journeys Reviewed in the Journal of Contemporary Religion

image_thumb.pngPreviously I have shared reviews from academic journals of my book, co-authored with Claire Mitchell, Evangelical Journeys: Choice and Change in a Northern Irish Religious Subculture (UCD Press 2011). I have discovered another review, this one by Neil Southern, … Read more...

Course on Remembering a Decade of Change and Violence in Ireland with McMaster and Higgins Starts 21 October

phpThumb_generated_thumbnailjpgI have a post on the Slugger O’Toole blog about an education and training programme delivered by Rev Dr Johnston McMaster and Dr Cathy Higgins, ‘Remembering a Decade of Change and Violence in Ireland, 1912-1922,’ that will run for seven Read more...

Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland – Available at a Discount

evangelicalism&conflictI recently learned that there were a couple spare copies of my 2008 book, Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland (Palgrave 2008), resting idle at the Irish School of Ecumenics at the Trinity College campus in Dublin, left over from … Read more...

New Post on Slugger O’Toole: Book Review of Cheryl Lawther’s Truth, Denial and Transition: Northern Ireland and the Contested Past

lawther3I have a new post on the Slugger O’Toole blog, a book review of Cheryl Lawther’s Truth, Denial and Transition: Northern Ireland and the Contested Past.… Read more...

Fr Martin Magill: Twelfth Not Protestant Enough – Full Text of Irish News Article

magillwithbibleFr Martin Magill’s reflection in yesterday’s Irish News, “12th Not Protestant Enough,” generated significant chatter in other local media, online and in face-to-face conversations. While the Irish News is only available to subscribers online, his comments in the paper were … Read more...